There were a lot of rowers today, so many that we had three 8's, but then three people got stuck in traffic/on the T and we wound up with only 5 for our boat so one person sculled and the rest of us were in a 4. I was back on starboard and was in the bow.
The four is a little harder to set on the water and apparently I was making it wobble by lifting my oar too high - it turns out you can't just tap down to the same level every time, you need to pay attention to your oar hight? Well, I did sort of get it figured out and we did a lot better on the way back.
We did some pretty long drills because we were all new to the four, and then after we did a long row which was pretty killer because it's still so hot out. Not 97, but still in the 90's. I had two streams of sweat running down my face, and had to keep trying to dry off my left hand because it was slipping as I tried to feather the oar. I felt like it was a little more manageable to carry the four and it was definitely easier to turn.
It's supposed to cool off tomorrow finally! Yay! And then of course it will rain all weekend.
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